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A. E. WILDB.

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APPLIOATIONVFILED 0GT.11. 1912.

v Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

. invention of which the followingls' a spccI-- 'tive iew of, the

Adjacent to Application filed October [1, 15m. -serairm. 725,22s.

fo all whom. it may concern."

Be it known that I, Ain't-um E. 'WILDE, a citizen of the United smug. residing at N w York city, in the-county of NwYork a State of New Yorlc, have invented new and useful Ini 'irm'c nents inToys, of which the following is a. specification.-

g This invention relates to toys "and par- -ticularly ljgaerial toys, andjhas for anob- 10 of this character which of such missile ,or ob- ]ect as an arrow, which may be. projected 1nto' th e'air for-a considerable distanceand which will be designed to have accompany therewith in its fiight, a parachute which may be automatically released from themrow after the latter )roceeds on its neyback to its point oiejection.

Another object of the invention is to providea toy of this character ject to proyide'a toy will embody the use which will poimit the parachute to be carried by the arrow withoutofi'ering 'lBSlStflI-lCe thcreto'when in flight. r e

Other objects will appear and be. better understood fro1n-that embodimentof my fication, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings forming'part hereof, in which:--

Figurel is a side View ofthc toy. is evertical section tlierethroughshowing the same-on an enlarged scale. Fig.3 is a vie-w similar to Fig.2 showing the arrow inverted and indicating the manner of releasing the parachute. Fig. 4 is laperspccparachute ejector. The toy comprises-an arrow 1 which includcs a barrel 2, open at one enii'ls at 2 and closed at its opposite end as-at I by the usual form of ti per head. An (jerking rod 4 is mounted to-slide longitudinally in-the barrel 2 and as illustrated, said rod has, se-

cured thereto spacedguide disks 0 and 6 which are freelyslidal'ile against the lnner walls of the barrel at points remote from the head. This rod-is provideclwith a short section 7 which is terminally formed with 19311 8 axially ofthe barrel and extended beyond the open end 2 of said barrel for na spherical l vided with a shoulder or weight rest 9;

The parachute l0includes a folding can surface of fabric material or opy or lidin a i may be partly extended into the like, w hie jourp to sl delongitudinally the portion 3-! oll'he Fig. 2

tl ht the head'8 of'the ejector rod 4.w,i ll lie within the folds of the canopy and in dircct'c'ontart with the portion 11 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. Awerght 1-2 ofthe parachute is co'nnected-withthe. marginal edges of the canopy by meansof strings 13 sothal; the parachutemay be properly righted when released from the barrel.

A latch 14 is pivoted jcjecting rod 4. The opposite endef the .latch carries a tail 18 which isldcated di-- rcctly in the path of the leasing: weight- .l-fl. the latter being mounted in the barrel-and on a guide rod-20 which is fixedly secured tlu-rcin-and provided at with shoulders or stops .21 zindd22h A said lip loin the locking path of the keeper 1?. A ,spring is open end of the barrel, speing is secured ejecting rod 4.

The arrow, upon being projected, travels upwardly as 'sl-iown' in' Fig. l and upon reaching its zenith begins return by. re-

vje sing. as shown in Fig; -l. This due to the lighter member 10 being uppermost. -As it starts (lo-\.m\-'ardly the weight l9 gravitationally slides down lheguide rod 20; in

while at 27, said its travel, it cams the tail 18 of the latch The latch functions as;- the, portion 24., moving out of contact. with the 5 1st out- 0f its path. :11 lever and swiiigs the. retaining lip 16' keeper 1? of the rod 4. This re '4 is ten-- sioned by the spring 25, and u on being released from the-lip 16, projects outwardly thecanopy 10, by fneans of the head 8. (lb-- viouslyesthe cane y' is projected it carries withiit the weiglit 12. Whcn-the parachute is freed, the

drop; the air resistance opens the-canopy and-it glides to earth. To reset the device,

distance equal to the length of the parachute'canopy or gliding surface.-

said [3011310117, the rod 4 is'pro-" the arrow 1 is ositione'd so as the hon-d 3-i s uppcrmoshos 5 Own in Fig. 1. Themechumsm then'positions itself. asin Fig.2, when the rod .4 is forced inwardly until the lip 16 engages the keeper 1?. p aswill be noted prevents the weight-12,. from bomin parachute is set.

5 the barrel 2 when folded and arranged so t out. of the barrel. when the at 15 to the barrel and provided with areta'ining lip 16 at one I end to engage with the keeper 17 of the actuating 'or re-" its opposite ends spring- 2? of the barrel '2 has connectiongvith j latch. wherebytohold sccurmhat 26 tothe to the guide head 6 of the I weight .19. causes itto The shoulder 52' What. is claimed as new is: A toy comprising a tube having an open eild, a parachute provided with a weighted rtion, the sajd wei hted portion inserted 5 m the tube, avrod wit n the tube having a head Injecting beyond the 0 n end of the tu e and lying within the oids of the arachube, spring means ads. ted to pro- 3ect the rod farther beyond t e open end 10 of the tube, means for retaining the rod in its in-posiii0n, and gravitational means for disengaging the said retaining means and releasing the rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR E. VVILDE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DONEGAN, GEO. A. BYRNE. 

